Through the theory of
historical materialism. Marx illustrates that social organizations are not natural, they are shaped
by modes of
production. This paper explains how he identifies five changes in the mode of production: The primitive community, the slave state, the feudal state, capitalism and socialism. It argues that the class struggle is particular only to the existing capitalist system. Historical
materialism explains why class societies and class struggles arose in history and why they will disappear in the future.